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A standard source for U.S. historical biography, it includes over 17,400 biographies. The database is fully searchable and includes illustrations, cross-references, and links to external web sites. ANB Online is considered a successor to the print reference resource titled American National Biography (24 volumes ; published in 1999). The online version also includes new articles on persons omitted from the printed version or deceased since 1999.
AP Images, a division of The Associated Press, is one of the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. As an essential source of photographs and graphics for professional image buyers, AP Images strives to meet the needs of today’s global customer through superior image quality, selection and service.
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who, find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
Contains the complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & the Britannica Book of the Year. Includes articles, illustrations, definitions, and links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
Features over 28,000 college catalogs in complete cover to cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. CollegeSource also provides profiles of colleges and links to college home pages.
Credo Reference is an online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books from a total of 162. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
Indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes The New York Times Science Section (published weekly on Tuesday). Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
Provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on approximately 600 current topics, combining objective analysis and clear explanations of opposing points of view. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced coverage of current and historical events.
Provides online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences, and science.
Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Full coverage begins in January 1994.
Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. This retrospective database covers the years 1890 through 1982.